Open AccessIdentifying Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure at Risk for Unfavorable Future Quality of Life
Author(s) -
Larry A. Allen,
Mihai Gheorghiade,
Kimberly J. Reid,
Shan M. Dunlay,
Paul S. Chan,
Paul J. Hauptman,
Faı̈ez Zannad,
Marvin A. Konstam,
John A. Spertus
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular quality and outcomes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.692
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1941-7713
pISSN - 1941-7705
DOI - 10.1161/circoutcomes.110.958009
Subject(s) - medicine , tolvaptan , heart failure , quality of life (healthcare) , intensive care medicine , cardiology , physical therapy , nursing
Communicating prognosis to enable shared decision-making is strongly endorsed by heart failure (HF) guidelines. Patients are concerned with both their quantity and quality of life (QoL). To facilitate the recognition of patients at high risk for unfavorable future QoL or death, we created a simple prognostic tool to estimate this combined outcome.
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